1336 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

Ibid. sec. 14.

39. That the commissioners may, as often as they deem
advisable, cause an assessment to be made of all the real and
personal property within said town or the corporate limits
thereof, by a person to be appointed and paid by them, and
the commissioners may levy a tax thereon, not exceeding forty
cents on the hundred dollars' worth of assessable property in
any one year.

1904, ch. 680, sec. 15.

40. That any person dissatisfied with the assessment, may
appeal to the commissioners at their first meeting after such
assessment is made, and said commissioners shall increase or
abate such assessment as they deem just.

Ibid. sec. 16.

41. That whenever the commissioners shall levy a tax they
shall cause to be made out a list of the persons charged
therein, and shall cause to be affixed thereto the respective
sums to be collected from such persons and a warrant to the
sheriff to collect the same.

Ibid. sec. 17.

42. That the bailiff shall, within ten days after the receipt
of such list and warrant, render to each person named therein
an account or tax bill showing the amount due by him, if
he be a resident of the town, and if he be a non-resident and
in consequence thereof cannot conveniently be served with
said account or tax bill, he shall publish such account or tax
bill in some newspaper of Montgomery county at the expense
of the taxpayer, and may, unless the same be paid within
thirty days after the delivery or publication of any account
or tax bill, collect the same, with all costs, by distress and
sale of the real and personal property of the delinquent at
public auction, after giving at least ten days' notice of such
sale published in some Montgomery county newspaper or by
printed or written handbills posted in not less than three
public places, and upon such sale of real estate the president
of the commissioners shall execute and deliver to the purchaser
or purchasers a deed of the property so sold, which deed shall
be presumptive evidence that all the requirements of law
have been complied with in making such sale and deed.

1904, ch. 680, sec. 18.

43. That the bailiff shall make all collections required of
him, and pay the same to the clerk or treasurer within six
months from the time the tax bill is placed in his hands.

Ibid. sec. 19.

44. That the bailiff shall attend the meetings of the com-
missioners and perform such duties as they may require of
him; shall preserve the peace and good order of the town, and
for this purpose is invested with the same power and authority
as any constable has under the laws of this State.